Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120
Service difficulty reports · 667
Newest first. General aviation reporting is voluntary.
Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PW120' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'PW120' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR MTNA20241212002Oil Cooler · crackedDURING DECENT OF FLIGHT 7553 DLH-MSP WITH AIRCRAFT N914FX, THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THE NUMBER TWO OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 0-20 PSI AND LOW OIL PRESSURE WAS INDICATED ON THE CAP. THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED THE #2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES, AN ESDR MTNA20240604001Fuel Nozzle · faultedDURING CRUISE OF FLIGHT 8106 BQN-BGI, AIRCRAFT 909FX INCURRED A HIGH ITT ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN A DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERSION INTO STX. AIRCRAFT 909FX LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE #2 ENGINE FUEL NOZZLE KIT.SDR MTNA202008210001O-Ring · leakingDURING CRUISE RT TORQUE UNCOMMENCED TORQUE INDICATED 120%, ACCOMPANIED AIRPLANE ASSEMETRY. MAINTENANCE FOUND PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT O-RING LEAKING AT REDUCTION GEAR BOX. REPLACED O-RING OPERATIONALLY CHECKS GOOD. PER PRATT & WHITNEY MM 05-50-00 OVERTORQUE WSDR COEA2019080669923Pump · fodTWO INCH POWER LEVER SPLIT, RT POWER LEVER FORWARD. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RT FUEL PUMP AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, DISCOVERED FOD IN THE FUEL INLET PORT, CHAFING ON INTERNAL TUBE. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA190613008Axle · damaged(CAN) DURING TOWING OF AIRCRAFT, THE #4 MAIN WHEEL WAS WOBBLING AND MAKING A NOISE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE #4 MAIN WHEEL HUB, WHEEL BEARING AND AXLE WAS FOUND WITH SEVERE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND RH MLG TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS WHEELS, WSDR CA190609001Blades · damaged(CAN) DURING ROUTINE #1 ENGINE BORESCOPE INSPECTION, FOUND LP TURBINE BLADE DAMAGE BEYOND LIMITS. #1 ENGINE REPLACED. (TC# 20190609001)SDR CA190314015Power Lever · stiff(CAN) BOTH POWER LEVERS VERY STIFF AND TOUGH TO MOVE SMOOTHLY. POWER LEVER QUADRANT CLEANED. FUNCTION TEST OF POWER CONTROL TRAVEL/KINEMATIC EFFORT CARRIED OUT IAW JIC 76-11-00 FUT 10010.SDR CA190221016Brake · seized(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING LINE CHECK IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RH PROPELLER WAS STIFF TO ROTATE BY HAND. RESISTANCE WAS FELT. PROP BRAKE ASSY REPLACED AND OPERATION RETURNED TO NORMAL. ALL TESTS COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY. (TC# 20190221016)SDR CA180723019Wire · chafed(CAN) ELEC SMOKE ON TAKE OFF BY CAPT LEFT KNEE. FOUND 2 FMS WIRES W09008-815 & W09008-816 CHAFED, BOTH WIRES ISOLATED & SECURED. ALL OTHER LOCAL WIRING INSPECTED. NO FURTHER DAMAGED FOUND NR 2 FMS INOPERABLE, DMI 55164 OPENED, IAW MEL 34-60-1A. INOPERABLE SDR CA180404020Doubler · dented(CAN) DURING HMV VISIT WITH WINDSHIELDS REMOVED TO DVI NODES, DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE FORWARD CENTER SKIN DOUBLER. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF 2 DENTS(CENTER AND LT) AT 0.0025 INCHES IN DEPTH AND ALSO THE LT HAD A KINK. DOUBLER REPLACED. (TC# 20180404020).SDR CA180314004Support · cracked(CAN) INSPECTION DURING A HEAVY MAINTENANCE VISIT OF THE CARGO DOOR ACTUATOR HINGE SUPPORT FOUND CRACKED. PART REPLACEMENT (TC NR 20180314004).SDR CA180103006Bolt · sheared(CAN) FOUND ON WALK AROUND NR 1 MLG TIRE LOW. NR 1 MLG MAIN WHEEL ASSY REPLACED. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER REMOVAL ONE OF THE WHEEL TIE BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF AT THE BOLT HEAD. FURTHER SHOP INVESTIGATION REVEALED A NEW BOLT HAD BEEN INSTALLED JAN 13, 2017. THESDR HNAA2017062800220Sensor · dirtyNR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMP WENT INTO THE HIGH YELLOW RANGE TOUCHING THE RED RANGE. CLEANED THE OIL TEMP GROUND TO ENGINE FLANGE. TEMP DROPPED 30 DEGREES C. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR MTNA20170621001Engine · shutdownDURING LEVEL-OFF AT 10,000 FEET FOR CRUISE FLIGHT, A POP SOUND WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE NR 2 CONDITION LEVER AND COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENTSDR COEA2017061623805Regulator · faultedFLIGHT PERFORMED AN AIR TURNBACK. BOTH NR 1 AND 2 ENGINES DEICE FAULTED IN FLIGHT. FAULTED AGAIN AFTER RESETS. WITH ICE ACCUMULATING AND FURTHER ICE EXPECTED ENROUTE AND APPROACH, THE CREW MADE THE DECISION TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. SDR HNAA2017052600187Seal · leakingNR 2 OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 55 AND 50 PSI INFLIGHT AND WARNING LIGHT BLINKING. INSPECTED AND FOUND FRONT INLET CASE COVER PLATE LEAKING. R & R THE SEAL IAW 61-10-10R AND 76-00-01Q. GROUND RAN ACFT. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE.SDR HNAA2017011600020Engine · malfunctionedDURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE 2 ENGINE WENT INTO MANUAL. ONE KNOB SPLIT WITH CIRCUIT BREAKERS PULLED AND COLLARD. PULLED AND COLLARD CIRCUIT BREAKERS M8 AND H3. RAN AIRCRAFT. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS M8 AND H3. RAN UP TO MAX POWER MULTIPLE TIMES. COULD NOT DUPLISDR HNAA2017011100014Warning Light · illuminatedNR 1 ENGINE MANUAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF ROLL WITH ASSOCIATED ROLL BACK. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN MANUAL CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW AND MAINTENANCE COMPLIED WITH TAKEOFF POWER ENGINE RUNS WITH NR 1 ECU SELECTED TO NORM AND ECU CIRCUIT BREAKER RESSDR HNAA2017011100015Engine · power lossDURING TAKEOFF, NR 1 ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE MORE THAN 20 PERCENT TORQUE AND NR 2 ENGINE WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 60 PERCENT. COMPLIED WITH POWER TAKEOFF ENGINE RUNS WITH RN 1 ENGINE ECU SELECTED TO NORM AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS RESET. OPS CHECKED GOOD. OK FOR SESDR HNAA2016080200236Hmu · failedNR 2 ENGINE SURGED AFTER TAKE OFF, CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED. SURGE WAS BETWEEN 110-120 PERCENT. CONTINUED TO SURGE AFTER POWER WAS REDUCED. ENGINE TORQUE WAS ABOVE 120 PERCENT BUT NEVER REACHED 140 PERCENT AND SITUATION WAS LESS THAN 20 SECONDS. NR 2 ENGSDR COEA2016070714917Landing · corrodedHEAVY CHECK COE/MINOR REPAIR, RT ENGINE INBD LATERAL PANEL AFT LANDING HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSION. REPLACED LATERAL REBATE WITH OEM PART.SDR COEA2016070715917Landing · corrodedHEAVY CHECK COE/MINOR REPAIR. RT ENGINE OTBD LATERAL PANEL AFT LANDING HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSION. REPLACED WITH OEM PART.SDR NQ3R201605130001Bearing · brokenCUSTOMER SENT IN PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT FOR INSPECTION DUE TO A PIECE OF PLASTIC FOUND IN THE DRIVE GEAR. UPON DISASSEMBLY IT WAS FOUND TO BE PART OF THE BALL SPACER FROM THE GOVERNOR BEARING WHICH WAS IN PIECES WITH THE INNER AND OUTER RACES SEPARATED. RACESDR COEA2016050449911Tab · damagedHEAVY CHECK COE/MAJOR REPAIR: RT LOWER COWL INBD FORWARD MOUNT TAB HAS FRETTING DAMAGE. REPAIR IAW SRAS CETS-2185/16, 10320 DATED 6/3/2016.SDR CA160315004Selector · failed(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF FLIGHT CREW WERE UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AS THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE TO THE RETRACT POSITION. THE CREW SELECTED THE OVERRIDE SWITCH WITH NO RESULTS. THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE FIELD AND MADE A ROUSDR COEA2016022201908Ecu · faultyFLIGHT 0673 PDX & MFR AIR TURN BACK & DISCREPANCY. NR 2 ENG PARAMETERS & POWER FLUCTUATED IN FLIGHT. CREW COMPLIED WITH QRH. DE-SELECTED NR 2 ENG CONTROL UNIT. RETURNED, NO EMER DECLARED. NUMBER 2 ENG CONTROL UNIT FAULT, ISSUE DEFERRED. DEFERRAL CLEARED SDR CA160201002Power Supply · failed(CAN) CABIN CREW NOTED ELECTRICAL SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT, PSU, AREA AT ROW 9AB DURING FLIGHT. FLIGHT CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO BASE FOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO INSPECT THE ACFT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED ROOT CAUSE TO BE A READING LIGHSDR CA160216014Fuel Control · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING TAXI BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE HAD AN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION WITH ASSOCIATED PROPELLER OVERSPEED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP. TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL CONTROL AND FUEL PUMP.SDR CA160126010Propeller · malfunctioned(CAN) ON TAXI OUT TO RUNWAY IN PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF, CREW NOTED NR 1 ENGINE PROPELLER ENCOUNTERED AN OVERSPEED CONDITION. THE CREW CONFIRMED THE OVERSPEED WAS UN-COMMANDED IN NATURE AND SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE ACFT RETURNED TO GATE SDR CA160125011Wire · chafed(CAN) IN THE COURSE OF TROUBLESHOOTING AN HP VALVE DEFECT, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND MULTIPLE WIRES CHAFED AND BURNED BEHIND DISCONNECT 410VC-A AT THE NR 1 ENGINE NACELLE DISCONNECT PANEL. THE WIRING WAS REPAIRED IAW STANDARD WIRING PRACTICES.SDR CA151230001Wire · burned(CAN) FLIGHT CREW NOTED A FAINT ELECTRICAL ODOR AND FOUND THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING VALVE CIRCUIT BREAKER, 1GC, TRIPPED. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE OF THE TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER AND FOUND WIRES 3251-002 & 3153-0751 IN WIRE BUNDLE ABOVE 80SDR CA151229003Shaft · fractured(CAN) THE OPERATOR REPORTED TO MFG AN IFSD DUE TO A FUEL PUMP INPUT DRIVE SHAFT FRACTURE. THE FUEL PUMP IS REPORTEDLY ZERO TIME SINCE THE LAST SHOP REPAIR . THE PUMP IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THE PARTS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO QUARANTINE UNTIL OUR DCAA HAVESDR CA151217001Adc · failed(CAN) PRIOR TO BOARDING PASSENGERS THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED OFF FLAGS ON THE FIRST OFFICER`S ASI, RMI AND ALTIMETER. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE ROOT CAUSE TO BE A FAILED NR 2 AIR DATA COMPUTER. THE ADC WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED AND TESTED SERVICEABLE IAW AMM 34SDR CA151216020Outflow Valve · failedIN THE COURSE OF TROUBLESHOOTING A PRESSURIZATION DEFECT, REF SDR 20151216018 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC OUTFLOW VALVE 2095F030800 WAS INSTALLED. THE ACFT WAS RELEASED PENDING SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED YIELDING DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE RESULTS OSDR CA151216018Outflow Valve · failed(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE CREW NOTED THE MAXIMUM DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE OF THE ACFT TO BE 5.0 AT FL240. IN STATION THE REPAIR OF THE AUTO PRESSURIZATION WAS DEFERRED IAW THE MEL. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE PRESSURIZATION SYS WAS CARRIED OUT AND THE PNEUMATIC OUTFLSDR CA151124007Oil Cooler · cracked(CAN) AFTER LANDING AND TAXI TO THE GATE IN BS YZF UPON FEATHERING THE NR 2 PROPELLER, THE CREW NOTED THE ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SHUTDOWN AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE TSDR CA151119003Actuator · faulted(CAN) CREW REPORT THAT THEY HAD TO DO AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENTION AS THE NOSE DOORS DID NOT OPEN AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. TROUBLESHOOTING DONE TODAY: RESISTANCE CHECKS ON ALL NOSE DOOR AND GEAR SENSORS COMPLETE, NO FAULT. SDR CA151130019Blades · separated(CAN) DURING GROUND RUN WHILE MAINTENANCE IS TROUBLESHOOTING OIL TEMP ISSUE, THE ENGINE NR 1 OIL TEMP SLOWLY INCREASE WITH POWER AT 58 PERCENT TQ AT FULL POWER FOR 2 MINUTES. OIL SMOKE AND LOUD BANG NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE AND IT WAS SHUTDOWN. THE PROP IS SDR CA151109010Seal · leaking(CAN) ENGINE NR 1 LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ENGINE OIL LOW PRESSURE CHECKLIST COMPLETED AND NR 1 ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND PROPELLER FEATHERED. FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAK EMANATING FROM THE OIL SEASDR CA151106002Switch · damaged(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL FLIGHT CREW REJECTED TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 103 KTS DUE TO A TO CONFIGURATION WARNING. ON TAXI BACK TO TERMINAL CREW NOTICED, PARKING BRAKE, ON CREW ALERT PANEL WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT ENGAGED, NO OTHER WARNINGS ON THE CAP DURING THESDR CA151014003Wire · burned(CAN) DURING CRUISE CREW EXPERIENCED WIRE BURNING ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, BUT IT DISSIPATED QUICKLY WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE PRESENT. NO C/B`S TRIPPED. MAINTENANCE FOUND WIRE 2447-0098 DAMAGED AT EXTERNAL POWER CONTACTOR, 11PG. WIRE, CONTACTOR AND CIRCUIT BRESDR CA150930002Wire · shorted(CAN) ON LANDING, THE F/A REPORTED SAW A SMALL PUFF OF SMOKE AND AN DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR EMANATING FROM THE COFFEE HOT POT IN THE GALLEY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE HOT POT AND NOTED AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE WIRING. THE HOT POT WAS REMOVED FROMSDR CA150930001Support Fitting · cracked(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE HANDLE FOR THE PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR WAS STICKING AND HARD TO CLOSE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THE SUPPORT FITTING FOR THE INTERNAL HANDLE MECHANISM INSTALLATION WAS CRACKED. THE INTERNAL DOOR HANDLE SUPPORT FSDR CA150909009Control System · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING THE FIRST 3 LEGS OF FLYING, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED STIFFER RUDDER PEDALS THAN NORMAL ON BOTH THE CAPTAIN AND F/O SIDES WITH NO OTHER INDICATIONS. ON THE 4TH FLIGHT LEG FROM BS THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE ACFT IN A TRIMMED AND COORDINSDR COEA2015081303919Panel · damagedHEAVY CHECK COE & MAJOR REPAIR. RT NACELLE INBD REBATE PANEL HAS FRETTING DAMAGE. REPAIR IAW SRAS CE 4433 15 9592 DATED 9 3 2015.SDR CA150811004Control System · malfunctioned(CAN) DURING CLIMB RPM 1050 OUT OFF ENGM, WE EXPERIECED HIGH TOURQE ON ENGINE NUMBER 2 ABOVE FLIGHT LEVEL 180. SHUT DOWN ENGINE NR 2 AND RETURN TO LAND ACCORDING TO COMPANY PROCEDURE. DOWNLOADED FDR PCU REPLACED AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AIRCRAFT RELEASED TO SDR HNAA2015071500228Blade · damagedAFTER TAKEOFF, HIT MULTIPLE BIRDS. COMPLIED WITH ACFT AND ENGINE INSPECTION IAW -8MM 05-50-26. AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AFTER BIRDSTRIKE FOUND LIGHT ENGINE PROP BLADE HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AT HUB ATTACH POINT.SDR HNAA2015060300180Oil System · low pressureNR 1 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF. SERVICE NR 1 ENGINE OIL TO PROPER LEVEL. GROUND RAN ACFT, OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA150120019Oil System · low pressure(CAN) HAD AN IFSD EVENT ON NR 1 ENGINE. AFTER THE CREW RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING 15-20 MIN AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE ENGINE REMOVED AND EN ROUTE TO SHOP.SDR HNAA2015011400017Wire Harness · burnedDURING CRUISE, APPROXIMATELY 6,000 FT, NR 1 ECU CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED WITH NR 1 FUEL CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NR 1 TORQUE FELL TO 3.8. CONFIRMED LOSS OF POWER PULLING BACK NR 1 POWER LEVER. SHUTDOWN NR 1 ENGINE. NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE CONDITION CIRCUIT BREA
Back to Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120